Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 16 people died from violence last week in Chicago, including a 14-year-old boy and a former star basketball player at a Southwest Side high school. Eight of those were fatally shot over an especially bloody weekend, during which at least 45 other people were wounded by gunfire. … Read more →

Fourteen-year-old Tyjuan Poindexter was shot to death and another teenage boy was injured in a drive-by shooting Saturday night in Kenwood. The teens were outside in the 4400 block of South Greenwood at 7:30 p.m. when a car drove by and someone inside started shooting, according to Chicago Police. Poindexter, of the 1200 block of … Read more →